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Monday, February 16, 2009

Pregnancy Weight Gain, How Much Is Enough?

By Ricardo d Argence

Many women do not mind becoming pregnant, what they do mind is the weight gain they have to experience during the 9 months and a couple of extra months after the pregnancy. Gaining weight during pregnancy is a must, it helps give the embryo its vitamins and minerals to ensure a healthy growth pattern.

In years past weight gain was considered detrimental for the pregnant woman, but now it is accepted as a normal part of embryo development. Actually, the huge problem of pregnant women is, how much should they ideally put on weight while they are pregnant.

It is vital to both the mother and the baby that good food practices and light exercises are adhered to. There are certain percentages of weight that is distributed throughout a woman's body, the most percentage goes to the baby, some to the placenta, some goes to the breast tissues to develop milk, water, and other pregnancy fluids get a percentage also.

A good natural weight limit to set for pregnant women would be a minimum of 15 lbs for overweight women who become pregnant. For skinny women who become pregnant, if they gained 45 or 50 lbs it is still considered a good weight.

However, with the use of ultra sounds some women find out they are going to have more than one baby. In this case, it is natural for pregnant mother to gain even more than that, because there are now more vitamins and minerals that need to be divided between the embryo's. Women who do not gain weight tend to have troubles with the development of the embryo, and can cause trouble for the newborn baby, they tend to be sickly babies.

300 calories a day is what a pregnant woman should consume. Junk foods are not really good for pregnant women. Mothers who will be expecting children will most likely see some gain in their weight when pregnancy begins, yet they possibly will not experience a significant amount of weight gain until in a later stage.

If you gain too much weight than its tough for you to lose your weight. In order to not cause your baby some future troubles you should not eat salt while pregnant.

If a woman is overweight while she is pregnant she will most likely have higher blood pressure readings and be at a risk for gestational diabetes along with many other issues. They also increase the chances of having a miscarriage.

Light exercises and maybe some swimming can be done while a mother is pregnant, however, they should always ask their doctors advice before doing anything. Swimming is a great way to burn calories; also, you may take short walks, or do some special exercises that the pediatrician has instructed to help the pregnancy develop properly.

Never forget that proper diet and exercise is important to facilitate healthy growth. - 17273

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